Categories: Muffins
      Yield: 12 servings
 
    1/3 c  Cream cheese
      2 tb Icing sugar
    1/3 c  Butter, softened
    2/3 c  Packed brown sugar
      1    Egg
      1 ts Grated orange rind
      2 c  All-purpose flour
      2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Salt
    2/3 c  Milk
    1/3 c  Whole cherry jam
      2 tb Pecans, finely chopped
           Optional
 
  Blend cream cheese with icing sugar; set aside.  Cream together
  butter and brown sugar; beat in egg and orange rind. Combine flour,
  baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk,
  stirring until just blended.  Do not overmix.
  
  Spoon into large greased muffin tins, filling halfway to top. Add 1
  ts of the cream cheese mixture and 1 ts of the jam to each; top with
  remaining batter. Sprinkle with nuts. Bake in 375 F over for 25-30
  minutes or until firm to the touch.  Remove immediately from tins.